Tom Kannmacher
Playing Irish music since 1969
1969 - 1973 songs, 1974 Northumbrian pipes, 1976 Uilleann pipes, 1984 flute, Irish fiddle.
1972 - 1980 German traditional music and songwriting, songs to hurdy -gurdy, 5 - string banjo, guitar.
Jew`s harp. hardanger fiddle, tin whistle, classical guitar, steel string, Appalacian dulcimer, Autoharp,…
Living in Grafschaft near Bonn, Germany, since 1980
Profession: School music teacher for Guitar and traditional music styles, chiefly Irish
Setting up an Irish music scene in Bonn and beyond since 1995
LLCM trad. Irish Music / Uilleann Pipes at London College of Music
Maker and constructor of uilleann pipe parts for innovational setups on them
CD “Music of the Gentlemen Pipers”
www.kannmachmusik.de
Irish speaker, Founder - member of the Deutsche Uilleann Pipes Gesellschaft